Qatar finances mosques in Italy, 22 million on 45 projects. We need dedicated laws

Several times the Security Services have warned European governments about foreign funds reaching Islamic communities. An important flow of money that tends to favor the Islamization processes of the communities that instead need integration. A sort of dangerous antechamber where extremist and terrorist thrusts can easily germinate.

La Stampa writes that today in France Qatar Papers will be released, a book that makes a fundamental contribution to the debate. The authors, Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot have viewed thousands of internal documents of Qatar Charity, the independent foundation at first sight but financed and controlled by the Emir of Qatar that appears to be the main financier of mosques and Islamic centers in Europe, linked to the Brothers Muslims.

113 projects were funded throughout Europe in 2014, for a total of 71 million euros. The country where Qatar Charity spent the most? Italy, more than 22 million divided over 45 projects. Mosques and Islamic centers, especially in the north (Saronno. Piacenza, Brescia, Alessandria….), But also in the center and south. Indeed, Sicily stands out among the regions with its 11 projects, in the capitals as well as in small towns such as Comiso and Vittoria.

Very interesting is the project by Yassine Baradei and Davide Piccardo, well-known exponents of Lombard Islam, to build "a new great Islamic center in Milan, with a mosque and various educational centers, a project that needs support".

The financier is Egyptian-born Qaradawi, an octogenarian who has been with the 60 years in Qatar, where he built a theological-entrepreneurial empire that over the years has included a show on the Qatari-based broadcaster Al Jazeera, key roles in Islamic finance institutions and dozens of books translated into many languages.

Spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, he has repeatedly expressed highly problematic positions, from approving the death penalty for those who abandon Islam to praise Hitler, which led him to be banned in many Western countries (in France already in the years '90). Qaradawi has also repeatedly proclaimed that he is certain that the Muslims will conquer Rome and Europe, specifying, however, that this conquest will not happen with the sword but through proselytism and faith. Ideas like those of Qaradawi are regularly promoted by networks linked to the Muslim Brotherhood and amplified through massive Qatari funding. In many countries, laws are being considered that prohibit any foreign funding for political-diplomatic actions specifically adopted in relation to Qatar.

 

Qatar finances mosques in Italy, 22 million on 45 projects. We need dedicated laws